FLEETS

Drilling down on an unplanned blast

A JUMBO drill operator in Victoria suffered facial lacerations after the drill he was using hit live explosives.

 Partially ejected explosive, newly bored Knee hole and damaged centraliser

Partially ejected explosive, newly bored Knee hole and damaged centraliser

The drill was being used to bore a development face in an underground mine. As it moved to bore the left-hand wall knee hole the operator heard a loud bang and crouched behind the jumbo's centraliser console,...

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